Tech Tip Tuesday (Low Power Mode) On Apple iPhone & iPad

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Matthew Kempski
June 13, 2023

Good morning and welcome to a new Tech Tip Tuesday. Today’s Tech Tip is going to be about Low Power mode for Apple iPhone and iPad. Below you will find the items that we are going to talk about today.

Use Low Power Mode to save battery life on your iPhone or iPad

Low Power Mode reduces the amount of power that your iPhone or iPad uses when the battery gets low.

To turn Low Power Mode on or off, go to Settings > Battery. You can also turn Low Power Mode on and off from Control Center. Go to Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls, then select Low Power Mode to add it to Control Center.

When Low Power Mode is on, your iPhone or iPad will last longer before you need to charge it, but some features might take longer to update or complete. Also, some tasks might not work until you turn off Low Power Mode, or until you charge your iPhone or iPad to 80% or higher.

Low Power Mode reduces or affects these features:

  • 5G (except for video streaming) on iPhone 12 models1

  • Auto-Lock (defaults to 30 seconds)

  • Display brightness

  • Display refresh rate (limited up to 60 Hz) on iPhone and iPad models with ProMotion display2

  • Some visual effects

  • iCloud Photos (temporarily paused)

  • Automatic downloads

  • Email fetch

  • Background app refresh

When Low Power Mode is on, the battery in the status bar will be yellow. You'll see a yellow battery icon and the battery percentage. After you charge your iPhone or iPad to 80% or higher, Low Power Mode automatically turns off.

  1. On iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max, Low Power Mode disables 5G (except in some cases like video streaming and large downloads) and also disables 5G Standalone (where available).

  1. These devices have ProMotion display: iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, all iPad Pro 11-inch models, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) and later.

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